Holiday in Lights is back for the 18th year at Sharon Woods, along with Santaland in the Sharon Centre. See over 120 moving and standing twinkling holiday themed figures from Santa and the elves to Godzilla from the warmth of your own car until Jan. 2. And then step into the Centre to hang out with Santa and have some hot chocolate until Dec. 23.

Five-foot tall red stars, personalities and bands; all will shine in the glow of 20,000 lights when Cincinnati brings in the holiday season with "Light up the Square," the Queen City's annual lighting of the holiday evergreen at Fountain Square on Fifth and Vine. The fun starts at 6:30 p.m. Friday.

For this winter season the Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. and the German-American Citizens League are having a ceremonial keg tapping party of Christian Moerlein’s Christkindl Winter Warmer Ale, a large malt-bodied brew with some chocolaty sweetness, subtle spice flavors and a hoppy finish. The festivities begin at 4 p.m. with the keg tapping at 7 p.m. and the party will go until midnight at Cincinnati Central Turners Club House.

The Cincinnati Comic and Anime Convention at the Radisson Hotel in Covington features a variety of graphic novelists, writers, illustrators and more. There will also be Star Wars toys and action figures. 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.

Performing this Sunday at 7 p.m. are a bunch of Chinese vegetarians who have dedicated their entire lives to a discipline, arguably the source of all known martial arts. The Shaolin Warriors, Kung Fu masters and disciples of the Shaolin schools, will be performing a choreographed theatrical show at Cincinnati Music Hall demonstrating the limits of mental and physical discipline and the power of Zen philosophy.

The days at the World Peace Yoga Conference literally begin at the crack of dawn and push until not a sliver of light is left to shine on the newly peaceful eyes and sore muscles that have been folding and unfolding for hours to find a path to world peace. The teachers, who will be meticulously straightening spines and rolling hips, are nationally and internationally known teachers who, I’m sure, can fit themselves in a carry-on bag. People can stay at the Grailville property, which looks like karmic paradise, or get a hotel close by. Clients have to register and will need to supply their own mats, warm clothes and yoga props. Friday-Sunday.